I want to fly

Shackles bind me
Tighter than ever
Prejudice ruin my days
How am I to escape?

I wish to be free
From the bitter half of me.
I shudder at my vanity
And the insatiable longings.

I want to fly like a bird
In the vast blue sky
Possessions turn obsolete
And I fly towards freedom.

Its a dream
That comes to me daily
In the most gloomy hours
Bringing the wings of freedom.

Written for OSI prompt : Shackles

Illusion

Love was once an illusion
I never saw its deceit.
Chasing the false shadows
I ran everywhere
Tragic that I fell behind
In my mundane life.
Despair crept in
like an unwelcome guest
With him came
Tearful dark nights
And forever grey sunshine.
The folly was evident
After I was left alone

Truth struck me in the end

And I was shattered
Yet I fail to be vanquished.


Written for 3WW

Recess of Mind

I wander in my mind with grief

Closing my eyes to darkness

I see nothing,

Nothing but black.

My mind reciprocates

Sucking me into a void

I am deep within it

Still as a sculpture.

I observe

The silence around

I control

The sudden gush of emotions.

I feel safe

Safe within the recess of mind

Not willing to come back

And face the real world.

I have found peace

Within me

A fake one

Having the span of blink of an eye.

In the depths of mind

I rest

Not to think of my grief

Till I am content.




Written for the prompt : Reciprocate